Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Social Centre of the North
York had changed. Attempts to...
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Victorian
York didn’t become high...
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20th Century
The twentieth century saw the city o...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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New Century and New Standards
A housing revolution Benjamin Seebo...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Coppergate & Jorvik Viking Centre
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- York's Airfield
- Ripon College for Women
- Plum Cakes for Christmas
- The Minster in the 20th Century
- King Richard II and York
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Tombstone of Julia Velva
- The First Railway Station
- Middleham Jewel
- The York Observatory
- Alcuin of York
- The Medieval Castle
- The Black Death
- York St John in the 20th Century